Noted Ex-Trustee Rufus S Munn Ends Life In Lan singburg
Weekly Seater ex trustee Rufus S Munn of Lan singburg N Y reportedly cut his throat from ear to ear after alleged sunstroke three weeks earlier. Other items report Stiles Goldey McMahon firm insolvency blamed on weak provision market and various political developments across Iowa Illinois and national ballots.
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Rufus S. Munn
Lansingburg
N. Y
Stiles, Goldey & McMahon
Exchange
Chicago
New York
Iowa Greenbackers
P. B. Weaver
Sanford Kirkpatrick
Wapello
D.W. Church
Adair
Abbie ©. Canfiel
Des Moines
McCook Praises Interior Stance on Apaches Disposition
Washington reports Edward McCook former Colorado governor lauds the interior secretary's position on Apaches final disposition. The article notes over six hundred land-entry fraud reports from thirty agents, with about thirty-five showing sufficient fraud to cancel entries totaling around 56,000 acres. It also details accusations against C M Horton revenue agent and the unresolved Slack report.
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Washington
Edward McCook
Colorado
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Land Office
C. M. Horton
Evans
Solomon Carter
Boston
Horton
Slack
Jenkins & Ross Boots Sell Big Stock in Cheyenne
In Cheyenne Ranchmen are urged to visit Jenkins and Ross at 867 Sixteenth Street for boots and shoes. The shop offers the largest stock at the lowest prices in town.
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Cheyenne
Jenkins & Ross
Sixteenth Street
Bandits Rob Caney Plantation Near Guareiras
Telegraphic dispatch from Havana reports Aguero led a band of raiders that robbed all on the Caney plantation near Guareiras. The physician was spared after a prior $400 theft. A storekeeper and buyer lost cash and valuables, and a passing Chinese man had his horse seized.
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Havana
Aguero
Neor Guareiras
Drowned in a Soap Vat at Oshkosh Factory
J R Leper owner of a local soap factory was missing when last seen by his employer. A search recovered his body in an eight foot deep soap vat. Officials believe he fell in while emptying a barrel of fat. The soap and lye severely decomposed the body and consumed his clothes.
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Oskosh
Wia
J. R. Leper
Bank Robbery in Albany Sparks Fire After Blast
A Franklin street bank was robbed of eight hundred dollars in silver in the early hours. Two neighboring families were gagged. The safe was blown after about two hours, destroying much of the front and starting a fire. Bank funds in the vault were saved.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin
Apache Devil Dance At Santa Fe Celebration
The Santa Fe celebration continues its four day and night Apache cere monies known as the devil dance or nava johitah. A story describes a Pretty Beads daughter tempted by the devil in many forms including a disguise as Cortes the Spanish hero and the old chief Chinita.
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Santa Fe
Etada
Chinita
Cortes
Colorado Pool Extends Return Window for GAR Members
At a Colorado pool association meeting, Grand Army of the Republic members living outside Kansas and Nebraska may return from Denver to the Missouri river any time up to August 31. They must show certificates to the Colorado pool commissioner in Denver by August 5, exchange their return ticket, and pay 2.50. The exchange ticket is valid only on the line of the original ticket, extending the return period by 26 days.
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Chicago
Colorado Pool Association
Grand Army of the Republic
Kansas
Nebraska
Denver
Missouri River
Colorado Pool
Governor Grants $600 Reward in Grand County Murders
Governor Grant announced a $600 reward for the arrest of each person criminally involved in the Grand county murders. Congressman Belford denies being hired by ex Senator Tabor to represent interests in locating a federal building site in Denver. Belford asserts Architect Hill was never offered or paid to place the building on Tabor property and accuses a scheme to reopen the site decision to thwart the Tabor location.
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Denver
Grant
Grand County
Belford
Tabor
Government
Architect Hill
Murder at Polk City Ends Promptly
A. L. Clingan of Polk City is slain by two masked men who burst into his store with revolvers. Clingan dies instantly. his clerk S. C. Hanger survives. Two strangers were seen near the door. pursuers scour the region as horses stolen by the killers are found abandoned. The incident is linked to the earlier mayoral murder of Stubbs.
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Des Moines
A. L. Clingan
Polk City
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Stubbs
Clingan
More Assisted Emigrants Arrive In Boston
About 260 assisted emigrants arrived on the Austrian this morning. They are mainly families, better clad and healthier than earlier arrivals, with most carrying money and heading for the west. Inquiries show none belong to the pauper class.
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Boston
Lynchings Near Mayaville End In Mob Justice
Denver reports two hold up men Dennis Haggerty and Henry Dowling shot James Lynn and beat a Swedish prisoner three miles from Mayaville Col. They robbed the victims of a few dollars. Haggerty and Dowling were arrested then lynched by a mob after being taken from jail. Lynn and the Swede are said to be dying.
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Denver
Mayaville
Col
Dennis Haggerty
Henry Dowling
James Lynn
Lynn
Haggerty
Dowling
Rumored Telegraphers Strike Denied by Hughes
Pittsburg July 11 Thomas Hughes secretary of the Telegraphers' Brotherhood says a strike is unfounded and no wage demands are planned or secret. Some say a strike may occur next week, but no action is decided or secret.
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Pittsburg
Thomas Hughes
The
Telegraphers’ Brotherhood
Todig
Cyclone Hits Cimarron and Soldier City in Kansas
A cyclone struck Cimarron station on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad eighteen miles west of Dodge City at 4:30 PM, wrecking six buildings and a large livery barn with no injuries. A billiard hall building was moved intact and telegraph lines were down. The same storm damaged Soldier City near Dodge City on the Kansas Central railroad last night around 10 PM, demolishing sixteen buildings and injuring several residents.
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Dodge City
Cimarron Station
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Here
Soldier City
Kansas Central Railroad
Civil Service Directors Clash Over Examiner Independence
The civil service commission in Washington says local examiners in Baltimore may be contacted directly for duties under the law. Postmaster General Gresham defends this, noting examiners act independently from their head office. Examinations for clerical positions in the executive department will be held tomorrow and Friday with 110 applicants expected each day. About 300 applications for departmental jobs at Washington are on file, with notices of standing to follow once reviews are complete.
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Washington
Adreon
Baltimore
Gresham
Civil Service Commission
Board of Examiners
Postmaster General
Civil Service
Gregory
Lyman
Eaton
Thomas
Executive Department
Glanders Reported in Nineteen Illinois Counties
Illinois state veterinary surgeon says glanders is prevalent among horses in nineteen counties and he was prevented from killing the animals.
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Illinois
Marquis Miller Discharged in Justifiable Homicide Case
Justice Collins discharged Marquis Miller and Moore after examining the Des Moines case at Mandun, ruling the homicide justifiable due to threats by the O'Donald party who were fleeing arrest when the shooting happened.
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Bismarck
D.T
Justioe Collins
Des Moines
Mandun
Marquis Miller
Moore
O’donald
Chinaman Smuggling Ring Suppressed Near Port Townsend
Port Townsend July 12 report says many Chinamen are smuggled from British Columbia. A collector seized nine last Saturday. the small customs force cannot prevent it, with as many as fifty known smuggled at once.
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Port Townsend
W. T
British Columbia
Runaway Horse Dashes Into River Near Harrison Street Bridge
A runaway horse attached to a light buggy carrying four youths charged toward Harrison street bridge as it swung for a vessel. The buggy plunged into the river and a young man drowned while a young woman survived.
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Chicago
Harrison Street Bridge
Lynching Likely Reported After Polk City Killing
Des Moines reports two men are spreaded at Coon Rapids as murderers of Clinghan at Polk City on Tuesday night. Telegrams were sent to Polk City to identify them. if identified, they will presumably be lynched.
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Des Moines
Coon Rapids
Clinghan
Polk City
Auchmoody Convicted of Manslaughter in Cattle Dispute
Omaha July 12 Auchmoody is convicted of manslaughter for killing Lyman Bishop in 1881 during a cattle dispute. He receives a two year prison sentence.
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Omaha
Pontay
W. Hi
Auchmoody
Lyman Bishop
Tornado destroys Soldier town. many buildings leveled
Reports from Leavenworth on July 12 describe a tornado at Soldier on Tuesday night causing $35,000 to $40,000 in property loss. Fifteen buildings including key businesses were demolished and the bodies of Mrs. Channel Mrs. Walters Mrs. Owen and an eight month old infant were recovered from the ruins.
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Leavenworth
Soldier
Channel
Walters
Owen
Destructive Nebraska Storm Hits Omaha Area
A severe wind and rain storm swept Hamilton county last night causing major damage to farms and buildings. In Aurora many businesses and homes were wrecked with livestock losses. one outlying dwelling was torn down and a family, the Berrin family, was injured.
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Omaha
Hamilton County
Aurora
Berrin
Reunion of the Blue and Grey in Dallas Toasted Confederate Link
General John Newton, president of the Army of the Potomac society, invited to attend Parson's Cavalry Brigade reunion in Dallas on August 6 to respond to the toast The boys who wore the blue. Society head W. G. Veal says the aim is brotherly reconciliation and national welfare.
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New York
John Newton
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Parson’s Cavalry Brigade
Dallas
Texas
W. G. Veal
New Express Company Formed in St Paul
The Northern Pacific express company with capital of $1,000,000 filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state. The franchise formerly run by the Northern Pacific road will be operated as a separate institution after purchase by eastern capitalists, with H. P. Haupt slated to become general manager of the entire road.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific Express Company
Capital
Northern Pacific Road
H. P. Haupt
Blood Money Suit Over Gas Poisoning Transfusion
Edward Banks, a colored hotel waiter, sues C. T. V. Okenberg for 250 blood money claiming he was promised ten cents per drop after eight ounces were transfused following gas poisoning. Okenberg says he paid Banks five dollars in full.
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New York
Edward Banks
C. T. V. Okenberg
Fatal knife duel ends in Carmi feud
In a burnt prairie eighteen miles from here Douglass Gourdy and his sister's husband B Williams clashed over an old family feud Gourdy attacked Williams with a knife and Williams countered by stabbing Gourdy to death Gourdy died at the scene Williams fled or was pursued according to the report filed from Illinois St Louis July 13.
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St. Louis
Carmi
Burnt Prairie
Douglass Gourdy
B. Williams
Gourdy
Williams
Lizzie Robinson Plots Suicide at Clark Street Home
In Chicago on July 13 Lizzie Robinson niece of Ralston the San Francisco banker attempted death by own action. She was found in a basement at 192 South Clark Street with laudanum in hand and revived after admission to hospital. At 2 AM her condition improved though still in danger. The 40 year old has lived on Clark Street for five years and at 204 South Clark Street the past two years in a district associated with town activities.
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Chicago
Lizzie Robinson
Ralston
San Francisco
South Clark Street
Clark Street
Work of a Maniac in Dwight Illinois Blood Bath
Andre White, a wealthy farmer near Dwight Illinois, escaped an insane asylum and killed his wife and two children before dying by suicide. The motive cited was his fear his family would rob him of property. This shocking tragedy occurred late at night when he returned home and opened fire on his wife and children.
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Dwight
Ill
Andre White
Late Archbishop Purcell laid to rest at St Martin’s
Archbishop Purcell was buried today in the St Martin's cemetery Cincinnati after a Gregorian mass. Rev Dr Gallaghan celebrated. priests stood around the grave as nuns with candles formed an inner enclosure and a Benedictus was sung. The body was interred with only simple emblems, after removal of costly ornaments.
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Cincinnati
Purcell
St. Martin’s Place
Gallaghan
German pork ban blamed on false sanitary plea says Gazette
The North German Gazette cites a letter by American Minister Sargent to claim Germany uses sanitary aims to justify banning American pork imports. It quotes Cincinnati papers alleging adulterated lard from cotton seed oil and tallow and notes Berlin’s Times correspondent doubting the ban’s stated reason.
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London
North German Gazette
Berlin
Sargent
Germany
Gazette
Cincinnati
America
Times
Disease among Chinese migrants shocks Victoria p g
Victoria B C July 13 reports many Chinese arriving from Hong Kong ill with Oriental disease linked to decomposed vegetable foods. Victims show limb loss of control and blood poisoning. no known cure. Some moved to crowded Chinese tenements despite condition. A man named Sing Sing plans to ship women and children to Ubinumen already there.
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Victoria
B. C
Hong Kong
Sing Sing
Ubinumen
Grateful to Invalids Inspires Fresh Cologne Note
Florestan Cologne thanks invalids for support, claiming the fragrance is refreshing and free from the sickening scent common to many perfumes.
Free cure recipe offered to men by Rev Jostra T in New York
An advertisement promises a free remedy for youth errors and nervous weakness. It asks readers to send a self addressed envelope to Rev Jostra T InmMAN, Station D, New York City, to obtain the recipe.
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South America
Jostra T
Inmman
New York City
First permanent iron bridge unites Mexico and United States
A Rawle Pane special from Galveston on July 18 reports the completion of the first permanent iron bridge over the Rio Grande. The bridge was built by the Mexican National railway for use by both nations, symbolizing closer ties between the sister republics.
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United
Galveston
Rio Grande
Republic of Mexico
United States
Mexican National Railway
A Singular Accident in Fall River
A 2 ton stone fell forty feet in Fall River Massachusetts killing Dennis Sullivan who was en route from California to Ireland to join his family. Injured were John Manchester John Sullivan Thos Hicks and George Sabine in the same incident.
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Fall River
Mass
Dennis Sullivan
John Manchester
John Sullivan
Thos
Hicks
George
Sabine
California
Ireland
Flood Deluges Harrisburg Virginia During Night Rain
A severe flood struck Harrisburg Virginia around 8 PM with heavy rain from two advancing storm clouds. Rivulets turned streets into torrents, washing away crops livestock and damaging several private houses along main thoroughfares.
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Harrisburg
Severe Cyclones and Storms Hit Multiple Towns
Severe weather swept across New Jersey and nearby states on July 18. A barn was demolished at Ocean Beach as hail the size of walnuts shattered windows and roofs. Reports from McPaul Plum Hollow Percival and Hamburg detailed a frightful cyclone with extensive property damage and injured residents, including a two story brick schoolhouse destroyed at Mt Paul.
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Ocean Beach
N. J
Council Bluffs
McPaul
Plum
Hollow
Percival
Hamburg
Kansas City
Fremont County
Mt Paul
Burlington
Underhill
Nassau
N. H
George W. Nutt
Susie L. Marsh
Mra. Nutt
St. Joseph
Marysville
Union Hall
Reynolds
St. Louis
Charley Bowen
Buchanan Street
Nagotache
Chicago
Venice
Illinois
Missouri Pacific
Blind Asylum
Parker's Ginger Tonic Ad Claims Real Remedy
An advertisement urges readers not to confuse merit with quack medicines and endorses Parker's Ginger Tonic as a sterling health restorative. The copy notes personal use with positive results for rheumatism and overwork fatigue.
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Jesse H. Hoare
Callao
Peru
Congress
Chandler
Concord
Briggs
Stevens
Canada
R. G. Dun & Co
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Provinces
New England
Western States
Middle States
Southern States
Pacific States
Washington News
Telegraphic
Iowa
Cyclones
New Express Company
Llinois
Archbishop Purcell
Materia
Cai Pacific Sho
Rawlin
Rev.l. Church
Laramie
Rawlins
Ray
Virginia
Sati
Afi
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